MkII GTi Recaros in an E30

[der affe]

nice work!

[Jand3rson]

when you get down to the final shaping of the curves you can use an electric sander or a DA to keep it smooth.

I'm going to use a turkey carver to shave it down, but I'm not really going to worry about making it very smooth, because I'm going to wrap them both in that same black felt/carpeting that I used on the other ones. Should be beneficial also in holding it all together even better. The guy at the upholstery shop I bought the foam from said that's what he does whenever he has to rebuild a bolster that way, hasn't come back on him yet.

[der affe]

when you get down to the final shaping of the curves you can use an electric sander or a DA to keep it smooth.

[Jand3rson]

Today I rebuilt the destroyed bolster from the other seat. Get ready for mass picage!

Good bolster from the left, what's left of the one from the right:


Outline of a rough piece in the shape of the missing part:




Glued in place with 3M 77 spray adhesive:




Second piece of foam to continue thickening bolster:






Added a few more small pieces at the top to get the height right:






Now comes the really detailed and prolly PITA part, shaving it down to match the other side. More pics to come later!

[Jand3rson]

I just stumbled upon a local pair, hopefully he emails me back.

Josh, are you willing to make an extra set of brackets for some $$$?

Yeah, sure. Andy is the one that actually made them, but we said we'd probably do sets of them for sale if there was a demand for them.

[Schniddy]

I just stumbled upon a local pair, hopefully he emails me back.

Josh, are you willing to make an extra set of brackets for some $$$?

[dave87325is]

1980 celica. ^^^

i was too dumb to let the car go with the seats!!!
oh well. gotta learn somehow.

[der affe]

what car is that? an old datsun?

[dave87325is]

What car is this out of?

lol. yeah.. recaro from recaro.

i hope i dont run into problems doing this. haha

i used to have these..

driver side had a pump for the backrest. pretty cool.


they came with the car when i bought it.

[der affe]

Ok, ok...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3474719&page=1

i did that before i reupholstered my seats. bus stop signs are just about the right size to do this with out cutting. so are construction barrier signs. ;) aluminum = cheap fullrazzzzze

[der affe]

if they are four bolt on the bottom, you can make or buy rails for them so they will fit in the BMW.

i was cruising through the for sale section a couple of minutes ago and saw that someone had a set of them for sale. not me but here is the link. the porsche sliders are the same

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=125307

you can source some seat sliders from a 924/944/911 and weld them to the stock BMW rails also like i did.

[cagedbunny]

are the bottom seats the corrado recaros i had always heard about but never actually saw that came in the Vr-6 corrado?

No, the Corrado Recaros are made from unobtainium. They have much smaller bolsters, but are still true Recaro's (in that they don't use a VW bottom half.) I'll dig up a couple pics when I get a chance.

[Jand3rson]

post it up!!!
both of mine are sagging/torn

Ok, ok...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3474719&page=1

[Nicademus]

Thanks!

Hey der affe, a friend of mine in WA has a pair of recaro LX. He doesn't know much about them, but they came with his beater. Do you know if they will fit into a e30?

Basically you're going to need to buy or make brackets for any Recaro seats that aren't OEM e30 BMW. The seats should technically fit fine, its mounting them in the car that can be a bit tricky and cost money.

[Kwaaahhh]

those are recaros from recaro ^^^^^

Thanks!

Hey der affe, a friend of mine in WA has a pair of recaro LX. He doesn't know much about them, but they came with his beater. Do you know if they will fit into a e30?